@Saouri thank you for sharing your variant of postcard “puzzle” - I can’t imagine what would happen if in the middle of gathering such cards puzzle one got lost due to postal services unavailability like it often happened in 2020.
Today I found a proper english word how those matching cards like mouse and Sandmännchen are named - they are INSTALLMENT or INSTALLMENT Puzzle Postcards, and since the moment today when I had found it I was able to find many vintage variants of such cards, unfortunately no modern cards were found by the word INSTALLMENT maybe it is not is use for now
Yes, I can’t even think about it. Happily for me, it was like in 2015.
But now, is a lottery to send mail.
Last year, small parcels to friends in UK and Sweden arrived after 4 and 6 weeks travelling. Sent from Spain, which is my country of residence.
For not to mention, since I came back to Postcrossing in September 2020, I have received only 1 official card (and I’ve sent about 3 to 5, all of them have been already registered).
Well, it happened - being a fan of such “matching” or installment cards in April I’ve receved a card that combines several interesting characteristics - it is the left one in pair of cards making the picture and it has imprinted stamp that makes it a kind of maxicard, and correspondent stampsheet consists of 3 parts.
And I noticed it just today when I started uploading cards recieved in April) and decided to search for what is that strange “Ceneri 2020” means
The US post office used to issue packs of postcards that made up a scene such as fish in the ocean or animals in a big forest. There is 1 card that shows the whole picture and 10 cards that offer just a small piece. I get the packs from ebay and send them out occasionally. There are matching stamps too but I rarely seem to have those on hand!
This year already 2 postcrossers in Belarus reported that they have already gathered the whole set of 3 KFC cards Christmas 2023, and the best thing about these postal cards - they are also installment cards!
